Guilt and the Transformation of Christian-Jewish Relations
While many church bodies condemned race-based antisemitism, both during and immediately after the Holocaust, the repudiation of theological anti-Judaism (e.g., the deicide charge and supersessionism) and renunciation of anti-Jewish writings by prominent theologians (e.g., Luther) required decades of...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
[2020]
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Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
Year: 2020, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-21 |
Further subjects: | B
Martin Luther
B Anti-judaism B Reconciliation B Supersessionism B Purification of memory B Jewish-Christian relations after the Holocaust B Repentance B Antisemitism B Guilt B Germany |
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Summary: | While many church bodies condemned race-based antisemitism, both during and immediately after the Holocaust, the repudiation of theological anti-Judaism (e.g., the deicide charge and supersessionism) and renunciation of anti-Jewish writings by prominent theologians (e.g., Luther) required decades of intense study and negotiation. In Germany, in particular, activists in the Jewish-Christian dialogue understand the destruction of Jewish religious life in Europe as a turning point in Christian teachings on the Jewish future. In Dresden, for instance, the campaign to rebuild the destroyed Frauenkirche was tied to the construction of a new Jewish synagogue as a penitential act of restitution. |
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ISSN: | 1930-3777 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.6017/scjr.v15i1.12121 |